Data has been updated on CMS Hospital Compare as follows:
- HCAHPS data updated to report data for 11Q2_12Q1
- HQA data: all measures updated to 11Q2_12Q1 (see note on retired measures below).
- Readmission & mortality measures not updated. Update period is in July
- IQI & PSI Measures: not updated. Update period is in July.
- HAC Measures: not updated. Update period is in July.
- New Emergency Care Measures (7) reporting data for 1/1/2012-3/31/2012
ED-1b Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department, before they were admitted to the hospital as an inpatient
ED-2b Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department, after the doctor decided to admit them as an inpatient before leaving the emergency department for their inpatient room
OP-20 Average time patients spent in the emergency department before they were seen by a healthcare professional
OP-21 Average time patients who came to the emergency department with broken bones had to wait before receiving pain medication
OP-22 Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen
OP-23 Percentage of patients who came to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes of arrival
- New Preventive Care Measures (2) reporting data for 1/1/2012-3/31/2012
IMM-1a Patients assessed and given influenza vaccination
IMM-2 Patients assessed and given pneumonia vaccination
- HAI Measures: Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) data updated to 11Q2_12Q1
- 3 new HAI measures added reporting data for 1/1/2012-3/31/2012
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
Surgical Site Infections from colon surgery (SSI: Colon)
Surgical Site Infections from abdominal hysterectomy (SSI: Hysterectomy)
- New HIT measures (2) added reporting data for 11Q1_11Q4
OP-12 Able to receive lab results electronically (11Q1_11Q4)
OP-17 Able to track patients’ lab results, tests, and referrals electronically between visits (11Q1_11Q4)
HQA Measures retired for this update as follows:
- AMI-1 Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
- AMI-3 Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
- AMI-4 Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
- AMI-5 Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
- HF-4 Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
- PN-2 Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
- PN-4 Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
- PN-5c “Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival’ – Timing of Receipt of Initial Antibiotic Following Hospital Arrival
- PN-7 Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
- SCIP-Inf -6 Surgery Patients with Appropriate Hair Removal
For more information on data updated: http://www.medicare.gov/HospitalCompare/Data/AboutData/Data-Updated.aspx